# The Social Security (Severe Disablement Allowance) Regulations 1984, Regulation 4: Circumstances in which a person over the age of 65 is to be treated as having been entitled to a severe disablement allowance immediately before attaining that age


A person who has attained the age of 65 shall for the purposes of section 36(4)(d) of the Act be treated as having been entitled to a severe disablement allowance immediately before attaining that age if immediately before attaining it—
(a) he would have satisfied the conditions for entitlement to that allowance or to a non-contributory invalidity pension but for the provisions of the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979, or
(b) he was entitled to a non-contributory invalidity pension.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1984/1303/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-severe-disablement-allowance-regulations-1984/regulation-4
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